Upcoming eating contests
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(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
Wayne Algenio ate 76 pierogies in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's eating contest at Pierozek in Brooklyn.
The Latin Food Festival will hold an empanada eating contest in Brooklyn on September 13 awarding $500 to the winner.
Shawn "BasketLockerBall" Butler ate 22 slices of pizza in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's eating contest at Gino's in Ronkonkoma, NY.
2025 Buffalo Wingfest Wing Championship
updateOver 24 hours after the contest end, full (but unsorted) results have been posted on Instagram.
| 1st | 263.36 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 197.44 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 191.68 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 155.2 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 154.88 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 6th | 145.6 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 100 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 88 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 9th | 82.88 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 10th | 75.52 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 11th | 47.68 | Camille O’Brien |
James Webb is doing a livestream.
2025 Buffalo Buffet Bowl
Announced results with the full field from the introductions
| 1st | ? | James Webb | |
| 2nd | ? | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | ? | Gideon Oji | |
| ? | ? | George Chiger | |
| ? | ? | Camille O’Brien | |
| ? | ? | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| ? | ? | Rene Rovtar | |
| ? | ? | Marlon Thompson | |
| ? | ? | Frank Velocci |
James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl.
Gino's Pizza in Ronkonkoma, NY will hold a pizza eating contest on September 1 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
The Japan Village Summer Festival will hold a wanko soba eating contest in Brooklyn on August 23 awarding a trip to Japan.
Shrimpy's Burrito Bar will hold a mini-burrito eating contest on August 13 in Massapequa Park, NY awarding $1,000 to the winner. Registration is $100.
The Schuyler Car & Corn Extravaganza will hold a corn eating contest on August 9 awarding $1,000 to the winner in Schuyler, NY.
THe New York Post has an article about a rotisserie chicken eating contest held at Roma Pizza in Brooklyn. Robert McGee ate a whole chicken in 6:44 to win the first prize of $500.
Registration is open on majorleagueeating.com for Battle of the Bay: Wild Caught Blue Catfish Chowdown at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium, MD on September 5. Regisration is also open for the Buffalo Buffet BOwl (august 30), Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest (August 31) and Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto (September 6).
Roma Pizzeria in Brooklyn will hold a rotisserie chicken eating contest on July 20 awarding $500 to the winner.
Newsday's LI Works has a video about Eric "Badlands" Booker.
2025 Nathan’s men’s final
ESPN coverage of introductions and contest
| 1st | 70.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 46.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 45.5 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 43.875 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 5th | 41.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 40 | Ricardo Corbucci | |
| 7th | 36.5 | Max Stanford | |
| 8th | 31.17 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 30.5 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 10th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 11th | 29.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 12th | 25 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 23.5 | Jerome Burns | |
| 14th | 23 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 15th | 20.75 | Cameron Meade |
2025 Nathan’s Famous women’s finals
ESPN has the contest coverage on youtube
USA Today has an article about the disqualification of Madison Barone
| 1st | 33 | Miki Sudo | 11th women’s victory |
| 2nd | 22.75 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 3rd | 21.5 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | |
| 4th | 16 | Tandra Childress | |
| 5th | 13.125 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 6th | 13 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 7th | 10 | Kelly Lewis | |
| 8th | 9 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Laura Beitel | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Isabeau Pearl Prettyman | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 12th | 6 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
Live Walking NYC has started a live video from Coney Island
Dutchmazz also plans to do a live video
ABC7 is doing a live video of today's "weigh-in" for Nathan's Famous competitors. update ABC's video has stopped, but the NY Posts's is going.
Today mark's the fifth anniversary of former governor Andrew Cuomo's requirement that travelers from 16 states must self quarantine for 14 days after arriving in New York. The edict prevented Matt Stonie (CA), MIchelle Lesco (AZ) and Gideon Oji (GA) from competing in the 2020 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
The New York Post has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his return to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. He also discusses his fiancee Brie, but says he has yet to set a wedding date. He says a guy from Montreal (most likely Australian James Webb) is his only threat.
The New York Times reports that Mortimer Matz, co-founder of the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, has passed away at the age of 100.
The Corner Spot in Ocean Beach, NY will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
Joey Chestnut ate 40 chicken tenders in 5 minutes to defeat two teams of four celebrities at Fanatics Fest in New York City today.
Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding tickets to the July 6 Yankees vs. Mets game.
Hildebrant's in Williston Park, NY will hold a burger eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
2025 Mattituck strawberry shortcake eating contest
| 1st | 22.333 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 19 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 18 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 14.33 | Max Stanford | |
| 5th | 13 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 6th | 12 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 7.5 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 8th | 6 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 8th | 6 | Matthew Stefanilo | |
| 10th | 6.5 | Jimmy Purificato | |
| 11th | 4.5 | Jamaal “Jay” Hill | |
| 12th | 4 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 13th | 2.5 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
James Webb is doing a live video of today’s Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY
Geoff Esper, James Webb and Nick Wehry are expected to compete in the Mattituck Lions Club World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY tomorrow.
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